Written By Ylva
May 17, 2018, 3:15 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
I am so busy!
Goodness, what to write?
I saved no lives today. But I did help with a surfeit of minor afflictions and injuries. And people can die from a minor affliction or injury, so who knows? Or they can wish they were dead, which is just as bad. It's not really, but it could be. But that's why easing the suffering of the ill and diseased and dying and gruesomely injured is just as important as saving lives. After all, not every life can be saved.
If you think about it, no life can be saved at all, which makes it all seem a bit pointless. One of life's mysteries is that it's not pointless at all! It's all a matter of timing. In some ways, that's much like an alchemical reaction. In other ways, not at all.
Well, that went nowhere. I should probably plan my words of wisdom before I start writing them.
Goodness, what to write?
I saved no lives today. But I did help with a surfeit of minor afflictions and injuries. And people can die from a minor affliction or injury, so who knows? Or they can wish they were dead, which is just as bad. It's not really, but it could be. But that's why easing the suffering of the ill and diseased and dying and gruesomely injured is just as important as saving lives. After all, not every life can be saved.
If you think about it, no life can be saved at all, which makes it all seem a bit pointless. One of life's mysteries is that it's not pointless at all! It's all a matter of timing. In some ways, that's much like an alchemical reaction. In other ways, not at all.
Well, that went nowhere. I should probably plan my words of wisdom before I start writing them.
Written By Thena
May 17, 2018, 1:37 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tynan
My brother came to find me today.
Yeah, I have siblings. No, I didn't spring fully formed from the Abyss like I know some of you think.
Yeah, I have siblings. No, I didn't spring fully formed from the Abyss like I know some of you think.
Written By Amari
May 17, 2018, 12:58 p.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Rohran
I've hidden your sister. If you hear anything peculiar from the locked chest in her room, pay it no mind.
Written By Eirene
May 17, 2018, 11:27 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Roxana
Roxy - I don't love you romantically. That's why you're not dead, dummy.
I lost my very first love during the war with Tor. He died on my operating table. I say mine though I was still an apprentice then. His last words were "I always wanted to die in the arms of a beautiful woman... so if you could go find me one I'd appreciate it." A joker to the last and it set my humor down that path.
I never told you about him. I rarely talk about him. But since then, if I happen to give my heart to anyone they end up painfully dead in ways that appeal to our enemies.
I am pretty damn sure Lucien's to blame; there were things that crept about in the darkness during that war which in retrospect make sense. I have no proof other than a string of dead and mutilated lovers but it's proof enough to me.
I lost my very first love during the war with Tor. He died on my operating table. I say mine though I was still an apprentice then. His last words were "I always wanted to die in the arms of a beautiful woman... so if you could go find me one I'd appreciate it." A joker to the last and it set my humor down that path.
I never told you about him. I rarely talk about him. But since then, if I happen to give my heart to anyone they end up painfully dead in ways that appeal to our enemies.
I am pretty damn sure Lucien's to blame; there were things that crept about in the darkness during that war which in retrospect make sense. I have no proof other than a string of dead and mutilated lovers but it's proof enough to me.
Written By Rohran
May 17, 2018, 10:46 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
I have come to Arx, finally, for something lengthier than just a short visit. I've seen that much has changed since my last visit, which was before Keaton Hall was built. I am proud of the place that Count Kael and Countess Reigna have carved out of this city for their family. Hearing of it in missives does not do it the justice it deserves. That I have arrived on the cusp of Autumn no doubt enhances the experience, as I always find my spirits rise higher in the season.
My road was long, but my welcome has been warm. I look forward to seeing what unusual adventures await me here, but most of all I look forward to growing closer to family I have mostly known through missives for so long now.
Now if only I could find that sister of mine..
My road was long, but my welcome has been warm. I look forward to seeing what unusual adventures await me here, but most of all I look forward to growing closer to family I have mostly known through missives for so long now.
Now if only I could find that sister of mine..
Written By Valdemar
May 17, 2018, 10:03 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Vanora
I thought you were aware that you were marrying a savage brute, an ill-mannered lout without a romantic bone in his body?
After all, I knew I was marrying a strong, capable, beautiful woman who I would be able to count on. Wait, that doesn't sound like a very fair exchange at all.
I suppose I will just have to work at becoming worthy of you, then.
After all, I knew I was marrying a strong, capable, beautiful woman who I would be able to count on. Wait, that doesn't sound like a very fair exchange at all.
I suppose I will just have to work at becoming worthy of you, then.
Written By Quenia
May 17, 2018, 8:49 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Zebulon
I am immensely proud of my protege, Zebulon, for winning his bout last night. Would that I could have been there to cheer you on, but duty prevailed. I hope to make it to your next match, so I might see what a fine champion you'll be with my own eyes. Of course, I never doubted you'd do well. Not once.
Written By Victus
May 17, 2018, 8:28 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Will be good seeing kids back to their families.
Written By Preston
May 17, 2018, 4:33 a.m.(10/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
More brothers and sisters and disciples dead of the Faith Militant. Though Solace suffered lighter than the Templars overall, as many of their men looked to their duties on the roads, it is still a sting that those who survived the Gyre and returned to Arx should now die here in such a brutal fashion.
I feel for Dame Thena - to lead is to feel the guilt of each loss as though it was the swipe of a hot poker against your skin, no matter the responsibility nor the necessity. I hope she finds the answers she hunts for.
In the interim, I will bring more Templars into the city. Increase the guard on the Rectory and our shrines. And we will begin prayers. It is our most holy duty - that the Faith assembled in the Rectory should never again be harmed by our enemies.
I feel for Dame Thena - to lead is to feel the guilt of each loss as though it was the swipe of a hot poker against your skin, no matter the responsibility nor the necessity. I hope she finds the answers she hunts for.
In the interim, I will bring more Templars into the city. Increase the guard on the Rectory and our shrines. And we will begin prayers. It is our most holy duty - that the Faith assembled in the Rectory should never again be harmed by our enemies.
Written By Karadoc
May 17, 2018, 2:36 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
To lingering thoughts of lilies:
Imperial beauty! Fair, unrivalled one! What bloom of Arvum has honor high as yours -- not jasmine, not anemone, not rose -- only lily.
Imperial beauty! Fair, unrivalled one! What bloom of Arvum has honor high as yours -- not jasmine, not anemone, not rose -- only lily.
Written By Ainsley
May 17, 2018, 2:29 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Someday I'll get a better handle on my temper and my pride. I pray to the Gods to give me patience and wisdom.
Written By Roxana
May 17, 2018, 1:59 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eirene
But who do you love the MOST is the question. Who have you loved the MOST?
Answer: Me, duh.
I'm still alive. I got a papercut yesterday, which you did cause in a way, because it was from that set of messages back and forth regarding the thing you won't tell me, and how you are a horrible sister and the worst and you always used to break your toys and tell Mother it was my fault.
Still, you love me best of all, and I am told my papercut will mend in a few weeks if I am very careful and do not do any sort of work. To speed my recovery.
Yet I am not dead. Chin up big sis!
Answer: Me, duh.
I'm still alive. I got a papercut yesterday, which you did cause in a way, because it was from that set of messages back and forth regarding the thing you won't tell me, and how you are a horrible sister and the worst and you always used to break your toys and tell Mother it was my fault.
Still, you love me best of all, and I am told my papercut will mend in a few weeks if I am very careful and do not do any sort of work. To speed my recovery.
Yet I am not dead. Chin up big sis!
Written By Joscelin
May 17, 2018, 1:41 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Percephon
I want the credit. I want all of the credit.
Written By Percephon
May 17, 2018, 1:25 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
"The Uncomfortable Affliction" does have a certain ring to it. I'll consider that name suggestion.
Written By Percephon
May 17, 2018, 1:23 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Lastly:
The Filthy Sailor
The Impolite Cutlass
The Loyalty of the North
The Percephon's No Privateer
The Elusive
The Blasted Troll
I will also be accepting suggestions for names to call this new vessel of mine. If I should choose a name that someone else inspires, I think that I will gift that lucky individual with a painting.
The Filthy Sailor
The Impolite Cutlass
The Loyalty of the North
The Percephon's No Privateer
The Elusive
The Blasted Troll
I will also be accepting suggestions for names to call this new vessel of mine. If I should choose a name that someone else inspires, I think that I will gift that lucky individual with a painting.
Written By Belladonna
May 17, 2018, 1:22 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Percephon
Perhaps...
The "Just Another Cog In The Sea"?
The "Just Another Cog In The Sea"?
Written By Joscelin
May 17, 2018, 1:22 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Percephon
Most of those sound like uncomfortable afflictions of the genitalia.
Written By Lys
May 17, 2018, 1:21 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
I know my worth. Do you know yours?
Written By Percephon
May 17, 2018, 1:17 a.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
More names:
The 'It's Called A Ship'
The Scurvy Eel
The Savage Halfshav
The Grandiose Rambling Name
The Seasickness
The Crimson Cog
The Sanguine Treasure
The 'It's Called A Ship'
The Scurvy Eel
The Savage Halfshav
The Grandiose Rambling Name
The Seasickness
The Crimson Cog
The Sanguine Treasure
Written By Lisebet
May 16, 2018, 11:55 p.m.(10/4/1008 AR)
Yay, Ryhalt is back! and Clover! And baby Ivy, but while she's cute, she isn't who I missed while they were back home. It is very nice to have more of my family here. Now it's only Elsbetta missing. I wonder if we can coax her to come - it will be lonely back home without all of us there. Maybe she'll come to Arx as well.
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